--- title: "12 Theater Live Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 12 Theater Live quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Theater Live sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13d/donna-lynne-champlin-23671_about_what-i-miss-about-the-theater-is-the-liv_2864765.jpg" --- > [What I miss about the theater is the live experience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-lynne-champlin/what-i-miss-about-the-theater-is-the-live-experience/) [Donna Lynne Champlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-lynne-champlin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13d/donna-lynne-champlin-23671_about_what-i-miss-about-the-theater-is-the-liv_2864765.jpg) > [It's great to do theater and have the live response and know what that can bring to a performance. I like to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rose-mciver/it-s-great-to-do-theater-and-have-the-live-response-and-know-what/) [Rose McIver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rose-mciver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ba/rose-mciver-28456_i-can_it-s-great-to-do-theater-and-have-the-li_964865.jpg) > [I love musical theater because it's live. There is no Auto-Tune. There's no second chance. What you see is what you get.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-degarmo/i-love-musical-theater-because-it-s-live-there-is-no-auto-tune-there/) [Diana DeGarmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-degarmo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/649/diana-degarmo-10315_amazing_i-love-musical-theater-because-it-s-live_2828215.jpg) > [Nothing against comedy clubs, they work. But when you're sitting with a tablecloth and a candle and an appetizer menu, three-drink minimum,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doug-stanhope/nothing-against-comedy-clubs-they-work-but-when-you-re-sitting-with-a/) [Doug Stanhope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doug-stanhope/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7dc/doug-stanhope-1528_appetizers_nothing-against-comedy-clubs-they-work-b_2771994.jpg) > [I really wanted to go back to the theater, the live theater. That was the thing I had never had a chance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angela-lansbury/i-really-wanted-to-go-back-to-the-theater-the-live-theater-that-was/) [Angela Lansbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angela-lansbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50d/angela-lansbury-9722_actresses_i-really-wanted-to-go-back-to-the-theate_3031032.jpg) > [Theres something magical about theater. You can live the character every single day to the point where you become that person.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-gummer/theres-something-magical-about-theater-you-can-live-the-character/) [Grace Gummer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-gummer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de9/grace-gummer-37795_character_theres-something-magical-about-theater-y_2652044.jpg) > [There's something magical about theater. You can live the character every single day to the point where you become that person.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-gummer/there-s-something-magical-about-theater-you-can-live-the-character/) [Grace Gummer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-gummer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9f/grace-gummer-37795_about_there-s-something-magical-about-theater_1971422.jpg) > [The wonderful thing about Food for Thought is that it lets you keep your hand in theater and be in front of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/treat-williams/the-wonderful-thing-about-food-for-thought-is-that-it-lets-you-keep/) [Treat Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/treat-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a1/treat-williams-20721_actor_the-wonderful-thing-about-food-for-thoug_2714851.png) > [The beauty of theater is that you get to live the character from beginning to end without stopping. The natural momentum of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sterling-k-brown/the-beauty-of-theater-is-that-you-get-to-live-the-character-from/) [Sterling K. Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sterling-k-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c4/sterling-k-brown-3532_actor_the-beauty-of-theater-is-that-you-get-to_438964.jpg) > [I've studied theater since high school. Of course, it's a different story altogether being on Broadway, but it's still theater, and you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-haysbert/i-ve-studied-theater-since-high-school-of-course-it-s-a-different/) [Dennis Haysbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-haysbert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/650/dennis-haysbert-13483_audience_i-ve-studied-theater-since-high-school-o_1364488.jpg) > [The theater's a live thing, and film is, to some extent, a discipline where you're putting everything together and trying to execute…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-owen/the-theater-s-a-live-thing-and-film-is-to-some-extent-a-discipline/) [Clive Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-owen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d09/clive-owen-3148_cinema_the-theater-s-a-live-thing-and-film-is-t_466580.jpg) > [With Dream Theater live, I may have been a bit of a focal point because I absolutely live for the energy on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-portnoy/with-dream-theater-live-i-may-have-been-a-bit-of-a-focal-point/) [Mike Portnoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-portnoy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b90/mike-portnoy-5256_dream_with-dream-theater-live-i-may-have-been_1284574.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/theater-live/#itemlist", "name": "Theater Live Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What I miss about the theater is the live experience.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Donna Lynne Champlin" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-lynne-champlin/what-i-miss-about-the-theater-is-the-live-experience/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13d/donna-lynne-champlin-23671_about_what-i-miss-about-the-theater-is-the-liv_2864765.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13d/donna-lynne-champlin-23671_about_what-i-miss-about-the-theater-is-the-liv_2864765.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13d/donna-lynne-champlin-23671_about_what-i-miss-about-the-theater-is-the-liv_2864765.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“What I miss about the theater is the live experience.” — Donna Lynne Champlin", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's great to do theater and have the live response and know what that can bring to a performance. 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